Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-29
LONDON'S GREAT JENKINS.
wick. Editor OF the " Morning
Post"
New York World

At the London Press Club dinner the
Other night saw Sir Algernon B0llhWick,
the editor Of the U0r1jHJ POST. and a men.
tI.n OF him comes in very properly in DIS
Clis,ng ,ocial topics. TIE IOrpHG Post j.
tlc fashionable org.n Of London >Ocify
II ls1 Well-Writen, clcanly.piintcd paper
IL prints tie Reuter- tclcgrlms and q few
SPECIALS from the continental cities. IL, ad d.
ytrtisue patronage j, very large. TIE lel.
uuIe of the UDrUitg Post. however, j, the
printing Of SO1ll news. Il j, The one plpT
which prints the court circular every d., in
iuii. wherein the movements ~ the Queen
sud different member, of The rOytl Iimi
are rtCt,d With the hack phrases OF the
market reports 90 t5e Amnrlc NJ ncHsp1-
DOS. 4 bah or reception l. not consider
cd fashionable uul,>, it ., reported i'm the
Post. WIS told NJ thi- djuucr by an old
London Journalist that this Kind OF fash
ionaLle intelligence WIS tn source OF
great revenue 20 the paper, and that IT,
method OF prIntin. tni. kiDd OF new, was
uuque,tiOnCd and accepted Is "a matter OF
course by the members % London society.
Every notice Of the mover ent OF people j.
paid Tor ut 50 much line. Reports Of par
ties and dinners are charged for a, space
rates. Ii the Hon. John Smith Wi-hc, q
cast gloom over society by the
announcement that he j, about 10 leave
London for few day, 10 20 10 The
country, or II he wishes II thrill Lon
don society with the announcement that
hi, wife viii be at home on ceftin days.
these bits Of intelligence can b. commune
Gated to the public at the rate OF one
euinea for a paragraph Of five lines. Az
other friend Of mine told me later that the
space rates Of the MOrning Post for society
reports was about seYenty-hye guinea,
column. lie found this out one day. \
wealthy brakeman from Vienna. who
came 10 London 10 be married, was very
anxious 10 have a report OF The mar
rage printed IN the MOrBipg Post. lie
care TO this friend and asked him if he
could arrange it. He replied that he
thought SO, as he knew one OF the sub.edi-
tors Of the Post. He called upon him and
asked him about it. Certainly" said ne,
.'it's mere matter OF business. Ii is very
easily arranged. How much would your
friend hke?" "a third Of column will
10 him. "That will cost - gunea,."
The amount was handed over and the next
morning the Vienna merchant was thrilled
with pride and joy at the sugar-cOlted
paragraphs giving the account Of the wed.
ding with the names OF the distinguished
people present and toilets Of the Indies.
Sir AlgernOn Borthwick is = member OF
Parliament and the editor Of paper whose
power is almost distinctly social. II is said
that the manuscript upon which all the
copy Of his Office is prepared is pink-tinted,
and that it is written with a viOlet-cOlored
and perfumed INK by elegant Young men
v no ut in the Office late at nleht m ye1ing
dress, and prepare with languid ease these
GUINEA paragraphs which have made Sir
AeOnon proud member Of Parliament
and veIy wealthy businessman. Sir Al.
gernOn BoTthNick, at the London Pres
Club dinner, maintained throughout the
banquet his character a a high social mag
nate. He wore lilac kid gloves all through
the dinner. II is said that he is the only
man in London society who always
wears lilac Kid gloves. | do not know
whether be sleeps IN them or not. He is
the only maa who persistently wears
thOm through every dinner TO which be T.
invited. lie has small t,uie, a round
head, slightly inclined 10 be bald. His hair
is dark and partly gray. His complexion is
clear olive. His eyes are dark blue,
deeply set under Il bullying forehead. His
rose is slight pug. IL is serious flaw in
the ariStocratic repose Of hi, high society
face. The lower part Of hi, cnuntenance is
biddCn by q moustache and full ir0n-gray
heard